Mary Jane ROPER1,2,3,4,8,6,8,6

also known as Mary KEITH7

about 17961,2,3,4,5,6 - after 1870

Life History

about 1796	Born in South Carolina.1,2,3,4,5,6
1820	Married Joel Martin KEITH in South Carolina.6
3rd Mar 1821	Birth of daughter Rosa C KEITH in Greenville County, South Carolina.6
23rd Oct 1822	Birth of son Reuben Roper KEITH in Greenville County, South Carolina.9,10,11,12
31st Aug 1824	Birth of son Samuel Anderson KEITH in Greenville County, South Carolina.13,14,15,16,5,8
12th Oct 1829	Birth of son John B KEITH in Habersham County, Georgia.17,13
15th Mar 1831	Birth of son Oliver Dyer KEITH in Murray County, Georgia.4,18,19,12,20,8,13
18th May 1833	Birth of son Absalom Blye KEITH in Punkin Town, Pickens, South Carolina.13,21,21
about 1834	Birth of daughter Martha M KEITH in Murray County, Georgia.6,4
6th Nov 1835	Birth of son Martin Lafayette KEITH in Murray County, Georgia.6,22,3,4,23
1850	Resident in Forsyth County, Georgia.7
31st Aug 1864	Death of son John B KEITH in Jonesboro, Clayton, Georgia.17,13
about 1868	Death of Joel Martin KEITH in Murray County, Georgia.6
after 1870	Died in Murray County, Georgia Based on life-long presence and last known residence

Notes

Ropers and Keiths were kin at several levels. This Mary Jane Roper, born in about 1796, married Martin Keith. There was a later Mary Jane Roper, born in about 1824, who mother was a Keith, Sarah Ann Keith, according to some genealogies, daughter of a George Keith. Her mother was Margaret S Mackey, whose father was named Joel Mackey.

The Mary Jane Roper born in 1824 married a Sanders D Caruth. Some genealogies appear to have confused some of these different Keiths and Ropers with similar names. I am still working on this.

We have a census report of her and Martin with their family in 1850 and 1860. for full details and discussions see Notes for Martin Keith (born 1792).

1850 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 15 November, page 267, Hse/Fam #1650
Martin Keith 58 Male Farmer $5000 Real Estate born Virginia [b abt 1792]
Jane Keith 54 Female born South Carolina [b abt 1796]

1860 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 30 July, District 1013, PO Hoplers Mills, page 101, Hse #714, Fam #678
Martin Keith 68 Male Farmer $4200 Real Estate $3745 Personal born Virginia [b abt 1792]
Jane Keith 63 Female born South Carolina [b abt 1797]

Jane's husband died after the 1860 census and before the 1870. In 1870 she is enumerated in the household of here son Martin Lafayette Keith and his wife Catherine, in the same district of Murray County where she has lived all her married life.

1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 25 July, Militia District 1013, PO Spring Place, page 9 (scan p 548), Hse/Fam #61
Keith, Martin L 34 M W Farmer $1500 Real Estate $300 Personal born Georgia [b abt 1836]
Keith, Catheine [sic] 32 F W Keeping House born Georgia [b abt 1797]
Keith, Frances 13 F W born Georgia [b abt 1857]
Keith, Mary A 6 F W born Georgia [b abt 1864]
Keith, James R 4 M W born Georgia [b abt 1866]
Keith, Jane 1 F W born Georgia [b abt 1869]
** Keith, Jane 73 F W No Occupation born South Carolina [b abt 1797] **

Sources

1. 1860 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
- 30 July, Militia District 1013, PO Hoplers Mills, page 101, Hse #714, Fam #678
2. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
3. 1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
- 25 July, Militia District 1013, PO Spring Place, page 9 (scan p 548), Hse/Fam #61
4. 1850 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
- 15 November, page 267, Hse/Fam #1650
5. Family Data Collection - Births
6. Ancestry Trees
- Richard Bates, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rbbates1302004&id=I00088
7. 1850 Federal Census, Forsyth County, Georgia
- 22 August, District 31, page 332 (166), Hse/Fam #308
8. Family Data Collection - Individual Records
9. Ancestry Trees
- Richard Bates, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rbbates1302004&id=I00060
10. 1850 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
- 19 November, page 552, Hse/Fam #1795
11. 1860 Federal Census, Whitfield County, Georgia
- 3 August, District 10, PO Rural Vale, page 178 (scan 691), Hse #1266, Fam #1262
12. Ancestry Trees
- http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=*v58t2459&id=I5552
13. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
14. 1850 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
- 13 November, page 31 (scan p 262), Hse/Fam #1584
15. 1860 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
- 26 July, Militia District 984, PO Hopler's Mills, page 91, Hse #644, Fam #615
16. Ancestry Trees
- http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm-cgi?op=GET&db=*v133t0575&id=I1176&ftm=1
17. Ancestry Trees
- Richard Bates, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rbbates1302004&id=I00086
18. 1860 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
- 26 July, Militia District 1013, PO Hopler's Mills, page 92, Hse #647, Fam #619
19. 1880 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
- 1 June, Doolittle (Militia District 972), PO Spring Place, District 154, page 12, Hse #108, Fam #117
20. 1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
- 23 July, Militia District 1013, PO Spring Place, page 7, Hse/Fam #50
21. Alabama, Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907, 1921
22. 1880 Federal Census, Catooga County, Georgia
- 11 June, Catooga District 1109, Enumeration District 13, page 14, Hse #129, Fam #135
23. 1900 Federal Census, Whitfield County, Georgia
- 24 June, Dalton District outside Dalton Town, District 105, Page 18, House #326, Family #347